Trying to Focus

(originally written on June 16, 2014)

It's official-the instructions are to focus on a Minnesota history topic.  So, I'm going back to my list and keeping 4 things in mind:

1.  What kind of materials am I most interested in working with? 
     I want the inside story-from memoirs, diaries, artifacts, and stories.

2.  What kind of project do I want to do?  (assuming I have a choice?)
     A topic like Women on the Home Front in WWII would lend itself to a website, especially if I can
     find 90+ year old women with clear memories to video.  There has also got to be interesting
     archival footage from the war effort-both radio and tv.

3.  What topic sounds the most exciting?
     Coya Knutsen interests me as a person, but I'm not really into polictics.  This circles back to  
     question 1-I don't want to dig through congressional records.  I'm not sure I care about what she
     cared about, and I want to get inside my topic.

4.  IT HAS TO FIT THE THEME!!! 
     Which topics on my list naturally lend themselves to Leadership and Legacy?

Next Steps:  Do a little web surfing and also see what's available from the public and mnhs libraries.  It's also time to get out the sharpies...